Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

Today other groups did their presentations.

Yellow River Civilazations

  • Starts in the middle of China and goes to the east of China.
  • about 3000 miles long
  • Many people died due to floods and diseases from the river
  • People had to rely on themselves for food and other nessecities
  • Aristovratic warlords were military leaders that ruled over the separate territories
  • Fathers were in charge of son's job and husband for daughters
  • didn't have a written language for a very long period of time.
  • Yin was the capital of the Shang Dynasty
  • Shang is another city right next to the river

Emperoers and Kingdoms

  • No government just Emperors and Kingdoms
  • No Known kingdoms on the Indus Rivers
  • Xia Dynasty(little is known about them) along the yellow river
  • Shang Dynasty
  • Western Zhou- went from father to son
  • Eastern Zhou- Western Zhou relocated
  • Mesopotamia- fertile land, 2 rivers
  • Babylon Nation and Dynasty- was small and powerless til the first dynasty
  • Babylonian Empire- Hammurabi died and the Empire went under
  • Neo Babylonian Empire- Babylon was the capital and was taken over by the Roman Empire.
  • Egyptian Kingdoms- Ruled by Pharoahs(gods on earth)
  • The Old Kingdome- The Pyramid Age
  • The Middle Kingdome- Golden Age
  • The New Kingdome- Expansion Period (became a world power)
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